Grayson Hugh - Soul Cat Girl

What this video is

Released in 1992, 'Soul Cat Girl' arrived at a pivotal and ultimately truncated moment in Grayson Hugh's major-label career. The single was drawn from Road to Freedom (MCA, 1992), an album Billboard editor Jim Bessman named among the Ten Best of 1992, and which benefited from the cross-promotional tailwind of Hugh's songs appearing in both Thelma & Louise and Fried Green Tomatoes (1991). The video was produced with…

Why it matters

The video is a rare documented artifact of blue-eyed soul's commercial ambitions on a major label at the precise cultural inflection point when grunge was beginning to displace soul-pop from MTV's mainstream rotation. Its existence — high-budget, directed by Sam Bayer, released on MCA — captures a…

The director

Samuel David Bayer (born February 17, 1965, Syracuse, NY) is an American visual artist, cinematographer, photographer, and director. He graduated from New York City's School of Visual Arts in 1987 with a Fine Arts degree and relocated to Los Angeles in 1991.…